Broad Consensus to Lift the Medicare Advantage Benchmark Cap

Allyson Y. Schwartz Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2018 Final Rate Notice and Call Letter. This annual Rate Notice is awaited with keen attention by every stakeholder who…

James Michel Last month, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a report examining differences in government spending on Medicare beneficiaries who switched out of original fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and into Medicare Advantage (MA) and those who…

This letter was submitted via electronic mail to AdvanceNotice2016@cms.hhs.gov   Mr. Andy Slavitt Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244   RE: Advance Notice…